Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2038

Melanesia
2038
Total fertility rate: 2.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.60 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 320,705 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.60
Births
320,705
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
15,883,182
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.60.1%430
15-1942.78.2%30,062
20-24125.724.1%85,318
25-29132.525.4%83,985
30-34109.721.1%63,665
35-3976.514.7%40,943
40-4428.25.4%13,954
45-494.90.9%2,253
50-540.20.0%95